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No.' 6l7 ,3|3. Patented Jan. 10, I899.

. E. M. BCSSUET. MACHINE FOR PRINTING, CHECKING, AND ISSUJNG RAILWAY OR, OTHER T ICKETS.

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N0. 6l7,3l3. Patented Jan. l0, I899.

. E. M. BOSSUET. I .i'flAGHlNE FOR PRINTING, CHECKING, AND ISSUING RAILWAY OR OTHER TICKETS.

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(Application fi led Oct. 9, 1897.

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l E. M. BOSSUET! MACHINEFURPRINTING, CHECKING, AND ISSUING RAILWAY OR OTHER TICKETS.

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' Pacentad Jan. 10, I899. E. M. .BUSSUET. MACHINE FOR PRINTING. CHECKING, AND ISSUING RAILWAY 03 OTHER TICKETS.

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E. m, BOSSUET. I MACHINE FOR PBI NTING CHEOKING, AND ISSUING RAILWAY OR OTHER TICKETS.

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Vim 4 m @Mmmw UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I

EMILE MEDERIC BossUEr, or PARIS, FRANCE.

. MACHINE .FOR PRINTING,YCHECKING, ,ANDJSSUING RYAILWAYOR onus ncKtTsf'j srncimcnnon forming part of Letters Patent No. 617,313, dated January 1o, 1899.

Application filed October 9, 189:]. SerialNo. 654,663. (No model.) V v To all whom-tummy concerns.

Be it known that I, EMILE Marinara-130s SUET, engineer, of 3 Place de la Madeleine, Paris, France, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Printing, Checking, and Issuing Railway or otherv Tickets; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof, sufficient to enable one skilledin the art to make and usethesame. 1 1

This invention relates to a' machine for printing, checking, and issuing railway and othertickets. Y 1 By this machine the variable and invariable-matter is printed-on the ticket simultaneously. At the upperv partiwhich is invaliable for each-issuing station, whatever may be theplace of destination) is printed the *name of the issuing-station, the number of the ofiic'e of issue; the date, class, and whether a Who1e,ha1f, or quarter ticket, this part of j the ticket being printed by. stationary'print ing mechanism, and upon the lower half of the ticket (which varies for each place'of destination) the name-of the station, the fare to ahd'humber of such-station, and a serial' number is printed by meansof movable printing mechanism (corresponding in num-" ber. to that of the; stations on the .line) arranged upon a drum. Every time that a ticket is issuedv for any station the numberwheels of the printing mechanism correspond. ing to saidstation-are shifted, sotha't the serialnum'ber always indicates the number,

of tickets which have been issued at the s'ta tion. To check the number of tickets issued for each stationfithere is printedupona band or check-strip within the apparatus, by'means of the movable printing mechanism 'ateach-g issue of tickets, the name of the destination, station, 'the price of the ticket, and the serial'number. Thus by meansof this checkstrip the number of tickets for each station maybe seen at a glance, The tickets after being printed are cut to the desired length The apparatus comprises'as many groups of mechanisms asthere are classes of carrages- An apparatus embodying my invention is illustrated by way of example in the accom panying, drawings,lwherein- Figures 1 and 1 represent vertica1 sec -tions. of the apparatus, and Figs. 2 and 2 end views of .the apparatus, partly in section. The section Fig. 1 is taken on line 1 2 of Fig. 2-. Figs. 1 and 1- and Figs. 2'and 2* may be fitted together toshoW-the whole-apparatus I in elevation. Fig. 3 is a. sectional plan View of the apparatus'with the'dru'ms which carry 'the movable printing mechanisms removed,

the section being taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

is a detail view showing oneof the movable printing mechanisms in-elevation, and Fig. '5 shows the same in section. Fig. 6 represents a specimen of asingle ticket; Fig. 7, a

specimen of a return-ticket. Fig.8 represents a form of the'printe'd check-strip. Figs. 9 to 14, inclusive,.show detail views of the movable printing mechanism. .Fig. Q is a ver- Fig. 4 is a section on line 3 4, Fig. 2. Fig. 5

tical section of themo'vable-printingmech anism in its highest or idle position. Fig.10

is a'similar view of the same in its lowest or printing position. Fig. 11 is 'a plan View, and Fig. 12 a longitudinal section,of the movfrom the opposite direction from the direc tion of view in Fig. 5. I view ofone of the arms Z of the type-Wheels.

Figs. 14 and 14" show detail views of one-of the type-wheels. 15 shows the detailed structure of the check-.strip-printing mechanism' when the apparatus is at rest.. Fig. 16 shows the same mechanism during the printing of the ticket with the check-strip- "carryingrmechanism swung out of theway,

.ableprinting devices, the View being taken Fig. 13 is a detail' and'Fig. 17 shows the position of the same .mechanism while the check-strip is being printed.- The direction of view of these figures is opposite to that'ofFig. 4. 1 v v The same lettersand numerals of reference denote like parts in-all the figures.

. The apparatus is constructed as follows:

- Upon a shaft or (see Figs. 1, 2, 9, 10, 15,

12, corresponding to the different classes of carriages, three -drums being shown in the drawings for first, second, and'third class tickets, respectively. The mechanisms for 16, and 17) are keyed a number of drums printing, checking, and issuing the tickets first-class tickets: Each drum hcarries on its.

corresponding to each of the stations served l. y the line, which mechanisms are mounted to slide in radial slots (Z in the two cheeks oiv the drum and normally retracted by spiral springs 6. These movable printing mechanisms print upon the'lower part of the ticket, Fig. 6, the name of the destination-station, the fare, the number of said station, and a serial number. In Figs; 9 to 14?, inclusive, I have shown one of these mechanisms on a large scale. Each movable printing mechanism comprises two sets of fixed type, one set for printing on the ticket the name of the destination-station, the fare to, and the number of said station, and another set 0 which is'shown clearly in Fig. 12, for printing the name of the'destination-station on the checkstrip. Each movable printing mechanism mechanism.

also comprises a set of type-wheels c for printing the serial number both upon the ticket and upon the check-strip. I preferably place the fixed type 0 carrying the name of the destination-station, in line with and at one side of the type-wheels 0?, so that its matter will not. be printed upon the ticket,

for the reason that the types a print the same.

matter upon the ticket. The check-strip being struck up by an impression-roller against the type-wheels and the types 0 it is advan- 1tageous to place the said wheels and types in The upper part of the ticket, which bears the name of the issuing-station, the number oi the office of issue, the date, class, and other invariable matter, is printed by means of a stationary printing mechanism f, carried by a support g upon the table h. tionary printing mechanism has immovable type for permanent matter and type-wheels for changeable matter, such as the date. Enlarged detail views of this mechanism appear in Figs. 9 and 10, wherein f are fixed type for printing the name of the issuing-station and the number of the said station, f are fixed type for printing the class and kind of ticket, and f the type-wheels for printing the variable matter, such as the date.

Each movable printing mechanism has its own serial 1:u1mber,which should be advanced one unit every time a ticket is printed by that For this purpose the spindle l of the type-wheels carries a ratchet-wheel j, (see Figs. 5, 9, 10, 11, and 12,) whichis acted upon by a pawl 7t, carried by an arm Z, loose upon the type-wheel spindle. The arm Zcarries a pin m, Figs. 2, 5, 11, and 12, which when the movable printing mechanism moves down strikes a fixed abutment 12, (see Figs. 1, 9, and 10,) st that at each printing of a ticket the arm Z rocks and causes pawl k to move ratchet j, andtherebythennits-wheel, as follows: Each time the movable type mechanism swings down the arm Z oscillates on spindle 'i, and the pawljc, carried by said arm,

. moves ratchet 9' one tooth, together with the units-wheehwhich is integral therewith. Each This statype-wheel carries a spring-pressed pin J recessed therein, which pin when pressed ongages in on of a series of recesses 9' in the face of the adjoining wheel. The part Z of arm Z (see Fig. 13) is formed. with a boss Z, so that the pin 3' of the units-wheel will be depressed when pawl acts on the tenth tooth of the ratchetj, the units-wheel and tens-wheel being thus connected and turning together one tooth, and when the tens-wheel has turned ten teeth the pin 7' of said wheel will in its turn be pressed on by the pin 3' of the unitswheel and thus carry with it the hundredswheel, and so on.

The ticket-printing table q (see Fig. 1') is carried by a vertical rod 17, sliding in a guide 0, and is caused to press the ticket strip ofpasteboard carried on its upper surface against the printing mechanism by the following means: The rod 10 is jointed to a lever 1', pivoted at s and provided with a stud and friction-roller working in the groove of a cam 2., formed in one face of a gear-wheel u,,Fig. 1. The printing-table is guided in its vertical movement by a rod '2), passingthrough the table h. The wheel '21 receives rotary motion from a pinion at on the main shaft it, which may be turned byhand or from a shaft 3 (see Fig. 1 driven by a motor. In this case the pinion m is loose and is coupled withshaft w by a clutch 00, as shown in Fig. 2. To each class of ticket corresponds a printing mechanism of which the clutch is operated by a key-lever The opposite face of gearwheel it carries a cam 1, which through rods 2 (see Figs. 15, 16, and 17) brings down the movable printing mechanisms to the level of the stationary'ones by hooks x on rods 2 (see Fig. 17) engaging with gudgeons 3, Figs. 2, 15, 16, and 17, at each side of the movable printing mechanisms, the rods being jointed to a lever 4, pivoted at 5, and having a stud and friction-roller engaging in the groove of cam 1. (See Figs. 4, 15, 16, and 17.)

The cardboard strip from which the tickets are to be cut is Wound upon a spindle 6 (see Figs. 1 and 2) between guide-cheeks 7 and passes over a drum 8,upon which it is pressed by a roller 9, and thence over the printingtable, upon which it is retained by a guide 10. The feeding of the strip of cardboard isproduced by the rotation of a drum 8, which is provided for this purpose with'a pawl 1 1, (see Fig. 4,) actuated by a three-toothed ratchet 12, formed integral with a toothed wheel .13, Figs. 1 and 4., which gears with a toothed segment 11- on the end of a lever 15, which oscillates on a center 16, carried by the printing-table q, the movement of said segment being produced by two lugs 17 18, (see Fig. 1,) carried on bracket 9 in such way that on the ascent of the printing-table the lever 15 will not strike the lower lug 17, but only the upper one 18, whereby said lever is oscil- IIO lated so as to cause the toothed segment 14 to rotate wheel 13 and bring the next tooth of ratchet 12 into engagement with pawl 11.

On the descent of'the printing-table the lever 'strikes the lower lug 17 and is oscillated in, the reverse direction, so that the toothed.

segment 14 rotates wheel 13, so as to cause ratchet 12 to carry around with it the pawl 11, together with feed-drum 8, which being turned a third of a revolution feeds the strip of cardboard a distance equal to the length ofa ticket, after which the ticket is severed from the. strip; For this purpose the printing-table q is'providedwith a bed-cutter 19 (see Fig.2) and a movable cutter 20, pivoted at 21 and having a tailpiece '22 engaged in a slot 23 (see Fig. 4) in bracket 9 in such manner that the cutter is opened when the table rises and closed when the table de-' scends. The ticket afterbeiug severed from they strip drops through an opening 21.

Upon shaft a is keyed a drum A, hearing upon its periphery the names of the different,

stations served and co'rresponding to-the.

' movable printing mechanisms mounted on drums b,.'softhat themovable printing mechanis'm'corresponding to the station for which the ticket is ,tobe issued may. be brought quickly into position to print along with the" I sta'tionaryprinting mechanism. The issue of each'ticket is registered ona check-strip arm's 25, (see Figs. 1,4, 15,16, and 17,) carry- (shown in dotted lines in Figs. 15,116,-and 17;.).

by the following mechanism:- At either side of each drum t), loose on shaft a, are radial ing,first,a spindle 26,0n which the check-strip iswound; second, an axis 27, on which a two-- armed lever 28 is free to oscillate, which lever carries on one of its ends an impression-roller 29', of india rubberor other elastic material,

over which the check-strip passes and by which the stripis pressed against the movable printing mechanism, the other arm of lever 28.carryi' ng drum 30, upon'which the strip is-wound after being printed, and, third,

an axis 31, on which is mounted a lever 32, which carries an inking-roller38 at its end. The winding of the check-strip is effected by the action of apart 134, (see Fig. 1,) carried by the radius-arm 25- on aratchet 35,fast on drum 30. 36 is a check-pawl carried by lever 28. The arm 25 isconnected to the printing-table g by. a connecting-rod 37 in such manner that Y the whole ofthe. mechanism connected with the check-strip is lifted out of the way when "the table q rises to allow of theprin ting of the tickets.

The following is the action of the apparatus.- Supposing it is desired to issue a second-class ticket, the booking-clerk rotates shaft or so as' to bring the movable printing mechanism 0 corresponding to the station for which the ticket is to be issued-into operative position. He then pr'essesthekey-leverz of the clutch correspondingto second-class tickets, whereupon the entire mechanism isset in-motion,

as follows: The movable printing mechanism 0 in question is broughtby the hooked rods 2 to the same level as the fixed printing mechanism f. The printing-table then rises, forc- "been printed on.

ingthe mechanism for printing the checkstriP, by means of rod 37, into the. position shown in Fig. 17, the roller-29 being during the said movement freefrom contact, with the printing mechanism, (see Fig. 15,) and presses the strip of cardboard against the type of the fixed-and movable printing mechanisms, which print, respectively, upon the upper and lower parts of-the ticket the indications specified, a n d shown in Fig. 6. During its downward movement the pin in of the mo able printing mechanism strikes stud n and causes pawl k to advance the ratchetj one tooth, so thatthe serial number printed will be increased one unit. Theupward movement of the printing-table oscillates the lever 15 and brings the pawl 11 into engagement with the next tooth of ratchet 12 and raises the cutter 20. After the impression the print ing-table descendsand oscillates lever 15 in 11 and ratchet 12' to rotate" the drum 8 onethird of a: revolution, so as to feed the cardboard strip adistance 'equal' to the length of .a, ticket, whereupon the cu-tterZO severs the ticket, which drops through the opening 24.

V the opposite direction, thereby cansi'ng pawl The printing-tablein descending returns the check-strip mechanism topos'ition for printing at thesame time-that the rods 2 are moved upward bycam 1, allowing the movable print: in g mechanism 0 tobe returned to its normal position by spring 2, the rodsEduringtheir upward movement strikin'gthe studs 28-"and swinging leveri28, so-as to cause roller 29 to press the checkstrip against its printing mechanism (3 0 toprint thereon thenumber ofthe' destination-station, the serial number of the tickets issued thereto, and also the fare.

It willvbe observed that when the checkstrip' mechanism is in its printing position the roller on arm 4 occupies the highest poraction to take place.

The fixed and movable printing mecham isms f and c are inked by the inking 'oller passing over thesame on the backward move ment of radius-arm 25. On the lever 28 rea turning to itsoriginal position the ratchetwheel 35in meeting the pawl 34, carried by the radius-arm 25, is caused to turn one tooth and feed the check-strip forward after it has The apparatus may be adapted'for printing return railway-tickets of the form represented in Fig. 7 by providing the fixed and movable printing mechanisms with two sets of printing characters correspondingto the outward and return halves of the ticket, means being also provided for making the line of separation This improved apparatus may be varied in form and modified in its accessory arrangements and the nature and arrangement of the matter printed thereon also be varied to suit the purpose for which the tickets are intended.

Having fully described my said invention and one embodiment thereof, I declare that what I claim is-- v 1. A machine for printing, checking,and issuing railway and other tickets, consisting essentially in the combination of a stationary printing device. for printing the invariable matter at the upper part of the ticket; movable printing devices corresponding in number to that of the stations and capable of being brought into printing relationwith the fixed printing device; a printing-table receiving vertical movement and serving to press the cardboard strip against the fixed and movable printing devices; a radius-arm carrying a check-strip and adapted to be brought into position after the ticket has been printed, for causing the printing of the check-strip to be eflected by a roller pressing the check-strip against a corresponding part of the movable printing device all as hereinbefore described.

2. A machine for printing, checking, and issuing railway and other tickets, consisting essentially in the combination of a stationary printing device for printing the invariable matter at the upper part of the ticket; moving vertical movement and serving to press the cardboard strip against the fixed and movable printing devices, and feed mechanoscillated-in opposite directions when the 45 printing-table rises and falls, by contact with fixed abutments, as specified. V

3. A machine for printing, checking, and issuing railway and other-tickets,- consisting essentially in the combination of a stationary 56 printing devicefor printing the invariable matter at the upper part of the ticket; movable printing devices corresponding in numher to that of'the stations and capable of bea ing brought into printing relation with the 55 fixed printing device; a printing-table receiving vertical movement and serving to press the cardboard strip against the fixed and movable printing devices and check-strip-printing mechanism consisting of a'pair-of radius- 60 arms carrying the check-strip spool; a lever carryinga roller which pressesthe checkstrip against the movable printing device and a roller for winding up the strip after it has been printed, saidroller-being fast with a ratchet engaged by a pawl carried by the radius-arm; and a lever carrying an inkingroller, all substantially ashereinbefore described and illustrated in thedrawings for the purpose specified. I

The foregoing specification of my machine for'printing, checking, and issuing railway and other tickets signed by 'me this 15th day of September, 1897.

EMILE MEDEnIo BOSSUET.

\Vitnesses:

EDWARD P. MACLEAN, MAURICE HENRI PIGNET. 

